Epinions Recent Reviews for evansec

Think you know the Talking Heads? Think again.

Tue, 27 Mar 2001 22:25:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - I was trying to explain to a friend how he absolutely must purchase Talking Heads' best and most innovative album, Remain In Light, and his reply was: "I own Sand In The Vaseline." Implying that it, the band's greatest hits...

The Band That Started It All...(or at least a lot of it)

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 23:14:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - In the days of my angst-ridden youth, I listened to many a band. Unfortunately, The Replacements were pretty much left on the cutting room floor.

By the time I was a teenager, The Replacements were a thing of the past. I had grown fond of...

The only 80's R&B album you need. Okay, ONE of the only ones.

Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:06:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - No matter how you feel about Michael Jackson as a human being, you can't deny his power, influence and ability as a musical artist.

Thriller is one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, producing hit after hit that kept everyone...

Bustin' a Move with Norman Cook

Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:45:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - In spite of my massive reviews of classic rock artists, I have a secret love for dance music. It was likely all those years in college going to dances, clubbing, and eventually becoming a DJ myself for a couple of years.

Fatboy Slim is one of...

As American as Apple Pie....then again, maybe not

Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:34:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - At a time when American Pop was indulged in sticky-sweet pop and not-so-block-rockin' dance artists such as New Kids On The Block, C&C Music Factory and M.C. Hammer, as well as long-haired made-up tough-guy rockers/balladeers such as Poison, Motley...

The almost complete Fleetwood Mac Collection

Sun, 17 Dec 2000 22:25:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - Fleetwood Mac came onto the scene intitially as a blues-rock English band, still managing to rock audiences but lacking commercial success.

However, with the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, the band transformed into a mystical...

TMBG: The "hey, we've got a band" LP

Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:09:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - They Might Be Giants was my signature college band. After purchasing Flood as a fifteen-year-old, my love for the band eventually grew to an obsession during my collegiate years.

I couldn't spend a day without listening to them. It...

The Heartbreakers Grow Up...Again

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:37:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - Typically when an artist from a well-established band branches out into a solo career, the days of the band are over in the public eye. Examples include 10,000 Maniacs, Talking Heads, and, most notably, The Beatles.

Tom Petty and The...

Pure Shame...and I'm not talking about the disco hit

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:41:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - Pure Disco 2 was one of many of those compilation CDs by the people who brought you Pure Soul, Pure Moods, Pure Funk, Pure Polka....you get the point. It was a sequel to their "megasmash" hit compilation,...

Innovative, dark and danceable: New Order

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:14:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - My introduction to New Order happened some time in the early days of my adolescence. I was first introduced to their electronic, catchy dance hits through late-Friday-night dance music shows on the radio.

Over the years I grew to appreciate...

Good Ol' Indie Pop

Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:00:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - I first heard of Versus when I saw them open up for Superchunk six and a half years ago. I fell in love with their raw-yet-melodic guitar sound, male and female singers, beautiful harmonies and intelligent lyrics.

It wasn't a gloomy sound,...

Arkansas.net (AR): Arkansas.net: the do-whatcha-want ISP

Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:08:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - I joined Arkansas.net after getting my computer a year and a half ago. My brother had used the ISP for several months and told me it was the best ISP he had ever used.

So, I tried it out on his computer. I was highly impressed by the fast...

A renewed hope for pop music

Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:11:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - I don't know much about David Gray. I don't think many people in the United States know much about the man.

All I know is that when I first saw his video for Babylon as I was getting ready for work one morning, I had to sit down and...

Can Paul make it without The Replacements?

Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:32:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - The Replacements were a rugged Minnesota band with a different sound that exploded through the college circuit in the 80's.

In a decade of hair metal and new wave synth pop, The Replacements brought a fresh sound focused in guitar and rooted...

Why I hate Puff Daddy

Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:07:45 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - There are many benefits in deejaying for a college radio station. The best of 'em is the fleet of promotional CDs that suddenly become a part of your collection.

Bad Boy Greatest Hits Volume 1 came into my possession as a result of...

A remarkable debut

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:36:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - For some reason, I've managed to own five R.E.M. albums. Something causes me to come back to them every time. In spite of the fact that I find their egos highly disturbing, I can't disagree with the fact that R.E.M. has created some of the most...

Turn Your Amps Up to 11!

Sun, 19 Nov 2000 20:00:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - In the midst of the loud rock era, somewhere caught in the spandex pants, flashy sets and really poor guitar solos, there was Spinal Tap, ready to rock with the best of 'em.

This is Spinal Tap, a Rob Reiner film, is a rock/mock-umentary...

How do I love Peter? Let me count the ways.

Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:03:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - One of the first men who truly made pop music a form of art, Peter Gabriel has shown the world his creative abilities again and again.

When Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, he and the band took quite different artistic roads to commercial pop...

The best of Working-class rock

Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:01:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - Bruce Springsteen is known to sing rugged, honest songs about broken hearts, factory/construction working life, and good times with beer or baseball.

Bruce is the voice of Americana. His songs depict facets of life where we can all find...

Renaissance Rock: The Creative Jethro Tull

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:29:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - Somewhere, deep in a forest, surrounded by woodland creatures and hand-picked berries, Jethro Tull created their music. Or at least they must have.

My first memory of Jethro Tull was as a fifteen-year-old, listening to local classic rock...

Nero Burning ROM: The happiest burning software in the world!

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:58:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - I finally gathered all the change in my couch and purchased a no-name brand CD-RW drive a couple of months ago.

I was kind of weary that the drive came with Nero Burning ROM software. It was nothing I had heard of, and it seemed like it was going...

An introspective look into World Party

Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:12:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - World Party is one of the most intriguing and intelligent artists I've grown to love.

Kurt Wallinger's one-man band delves into the senses, drawing from the past, embracing the present and looking into the future to create a unique style like...

Totally Rockin'. Sorta.

Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:23:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - There was a day in the past in which I was completely indulged in the music of They Might Be Giants. As a DJ at my college radio station, I wouldn't go a week without playing one of their tunes on my show.

Eventually, the sensory overload got to...

Ah! So That's What U2 Sounds Like!

Sun, 5 Nov 2000 11:31:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - I had lost my faith in U2.

Yes, it happened.

I was fourteen years old, and had only begun to appreciate the band. I had religiously listened to albums like Rattle and Hum and The Joshua Tree. I was impressed with...

Old school commie folk with a 90's twist

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:20:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evansec - Occasionally you come across an album you know will have an impact on you for the rest of your life. Although it becomes difficult to explain, its heartfelt lyrics and brilliant melodies take you away from wherever you are at the time and take you to a...